• El Barto@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I hate both Disney and I hate DeSantis. And I hate frivolous lawsuits and useless fights for political points, but…

    There is something inherently wrong with governments not being able to control megacorporations.

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      1 year ago

      Controlling actions that cause negative externalities for consumers and citizens I could see but this is about the government punishing them for publishing speech that opposes his agenda.

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      On one hand full agreement, on the other hand there’s also something fundamentally wrong with state governments attempting to force mega corporations to do something in a different state without compelling reason purely by accounts of holding a large investment in their state.

      Florida can ban things in Florida all they want within the confines of law and liberty (which they’ve long past left but that’s a different thing). But they were trying to force the whole of a company headquartered in California to stop being “woke” through punitive actions by nature of them holding a significant real investment in Florida that would be economically disastrous for both parties if it were sold off or abandoned.

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      It depends on what you mean by control. Can you state exactly what a Florida politician should have been legally allowed to do for the great crime of the CEO saying they disagree with them?

      I have zero problems with regulations and taxes I have problems with a company or a person being censored for stating their opinion. If you look at everything he is doing it is all about them being broken to support him.